Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. CONTENTS V
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS VII
4. I. INTRODUCTION 1
5. II. A GENERAL EXAMINATION OF WIT IN THE SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH CENTURIES 9
6. III. THE ENGLISH COMMONPLACE BOOKS 33
7. IV. LOGIC 49
8. V. RHETORIC IN THE SCHOOLS OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY 57
9. VI. THE THEORY OF IMITATION AND ITS RELATION TO AMPLIFICATION AND WIT 80
10. VII. ENGLISH RHETORICS OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY 97
11. VIII. THE MORAL DISCOURSE 113
12. IX. BOOKS OF INSTRUCTION FOR THE COURTIER 126
13. X. THE ESSAY AND THE CHARACTER 132
14. XI THE SENTIMENTAL NOVEL AND THE ROMANCE 162
15. XII. THE NARRATIVE DISCOURSE 179
16. XIII. EPILOGUE 203
17. APPENDICES 207
18. BIBLIOGRAPHY 253
19. INDEX 277